daubentonia

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A taxonomic genus within the family Daubentoniidae — the aye-ayes.

Origin

From French Daubenton (“a surname”) +‎ -ia; after 18th-century French naturalist Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton.

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The aye-aye, Chiromys (or Daubentonia) madagascariensis, is an animal with a superficial resemblance to a longhaired and dusky-coloured cat with unusually large eyes.

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daubentoniidae

aye-aye

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